Speaking Summit Exhibition 2026

Oxford University Press

As part of one of the world’s great universities, we’re driven by a love of learning and a deep conviction that education is a universal good. For us, every child deserves to be taught by brilliantly professional teachers, working in close partnership with engaged parents, using the best and most inspiring learning resources, technology, and teaching methods.

To that end, we work with the brightest, most creative educational thinkers to ensure that right across our vast range of products and services, everything comes together coherently to achieve the best possible results, in any real-life learning setting, anywhere in the world.

OxEd

OxEd supports schools, trusts and early years settings to strengthen oracy early and at scale, using evidence-based tools grounded in decades of University of Oxford research.

As the developers of the NELI Programme, funded by the Department for Education and delivered nationally in England, we help give over 50,000 children a year the best start in life.

NELI is the all-in-one oral language toolkit you can trust. Alongside NELI Preschool and NELI Whole Class, the programmes spot and sort language problems early and provide targeted support where it’s needed most. NELI combines a universal language screener, CPD-certified professional development, and a 20-week targeted intervention - giving schools a proven solution to supporting oracy in the early years.

The impact of early language support cannot be understated: large-scale trials show children make up to seven months’ additional progress.
Chat with us to secure your school's free access to NELI.

The English-Speaking Union

The English-Speaking Union (ESU) is an educational oracy charity with a mission to equip young people with the communication skills and cross-cultural understanding they need to thrive and build a more collaborative world.

Our respected public speaking, performance and debating competitions encourage students to discuss a wide range of topical issues with an open mind, often with people from very different backgrounds. We help them discover their voice and the agency they can have in their communities, countries and even internationally.

Our Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training in oracy equips teachers with the skills to impact thousands more students than we can reach alone. And our cultural exchanges for students and teachers, coupled with our international network of ESUs, build relationships and share ideas around the world.

Talk the Talk

A charity providing staff and students with a range of practical oracy workshops – all delivered by professional experts and qualified teachers, especially trained in the use of oracy as an educational tool.

Talk The Talk trainers work with teachers and schools to provide young people with the skills to communicate with confidence through a variety of oracy workshops to address key employability challenges, improve self-esteem and enable students to engage with others confidently and persuasively.

The workshops we deliver enable young people to benefit from specialist, high quality oracy development, supporting them to communicate both skillfully and confidently. Our workshops empower young people to raise their self-confidence and aspirations and inspire them to focus on academic achievement.

Talk The Talk workshops for students and CPD for staff are delivered in person and support your school oracy strategy.

TTS

At TTS, we want to inspire children to develop a life-long love of reading, spoken language and writing. Our range of high-quality language and communication resources are carefully designed to empower children to build vital speaking, listening, and social interaction skills.

From sensory-rich storytelling sets to interactive speech and language tools, our resources are created in collaboration with teachers, experts and SEND specialists to ensure it meets real classroom needs.

Whether supporting children with additional speech and language needs or enriching the communication skills of all learners, TTS resources make learning practical, playful, and impactful.

Our aim is to give every child, every day, a reason to love learning.

Poetry By Heart

Poetry By Heart is the nation's premier poetry speaking competition. Founded in 2013, it is poetry's biggest, most inclusive and effective celebration. It is free and open to all pupils in key stages 2 to 5.

It has inspired measurable improvement in the quality of poetry provision in schools. All feedback - from teachers, students, parents - shows that participation is both enjoyable and effective. Teachers highlight greater confidence in performing a poem for others as a learning gain for pupils, alongside the development of skills related to oracy.

Speaking Summit 2026

Exhibition opportunities

The Speaking Summit is the annual flagship event for Voice 21. This event amplifies oracy and education to help further the Voice 21 mission.

We welcome ~300 school leaders, Local Authority representatives, Multi-Academy Trust leaders, policy makers and academics from around the UK.

Get in touch to discuss how your organisation can be a part of The Speaking Summit 2026 at events@voice21.org.

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